Sentences with phrase «for vehicle testing»

Requires approval for vehicle testing if the vehicle can not comply with every relevant state and federal law.

Porsche has moved from the cold Arctic winter to the Nurburgring for its vehicle testing.

Read about the procedures for our vehicle tests, why we developed each of our evaluations and how we interpret the results.

Currently Skoda is offering the Fabia with Sport Pack colour concept — as specified for the vehicle tested — for a drive - away price of $ 21,790.

Not bad, given — if nothing else — grim fuel mileage of 12 miles per gallon city and 18 mpg highway for the vehicle tested, a 390 - horsepower Supercharged model, which is the same mileage a regular 300 - horse Sport gets.

First results for vehicles tested under Euro NCAP's new rating system will be released in February 2009.

Not exact matches

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

It is not yet clear whether Uber's system was at fault or not in the latest crash, but Uber has now halted all testing of its autonomous vehicles, with no clear timeline for reactivation.

The retail giant said Friday that it has pre-ordered 15 Tesla Semis — the official name of the vehicles — for testing.

It's not clear whether those vehicles will be available for sale soon, or simply as test vehicles as the companies perfect the technology.

The company announced in January plans to take its self - driving Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans to Atlanta, the 25th city for Waymo to test its autonomous vehicle technology in since 2009.

Additionally, California just cleared the way for the many companies testing self - driving vehicles in the state to move ahead with Level 5 autonomy test trials.

The autonomous space craft, blandly called the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, is intended to «demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space - test platform.&raTest Vehicle, is intended to «demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space - test platform.&ratest platform.»

Aurora is the 37th company to receive an autonomous vehicle testing permit in California, one of several states that have become hotbeds for the development and testing of self - driving cars.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

«We're pretty close to sending crew up to the Space Station - that's currently scheduled for the end of next year,» he said, referencing the upcoming Dragon 2 vehicle that SpaceX is testing.

The action has helped turn Phoenix and its multitude of suburbs into a destination for autonomous vehicle testing.

Uber has halted its autonomous vehicle operations in response to a fatal accident Sunday evening in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing self - driving vehicle technology.

Tesla also said California should not prohibit the sale of any non-self-driving vehicle that was previously used for autonomous vehicle testing, an issue that could affect the company because of company software.

Army personnel recently traveled from Germany to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for testing and training on new variants of the Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle.

Even today, Ford's self - driving test vehicles contain giant red fail - safe buttons next to the gearshift that are essentially for looks.

As companies continue to increase the number of tests they conduct in cities, their vehicles are facing the kinds of challenges — like pedestrians and intersections — that are more difficult for self - driving cars to handle.

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

The company has conducted drone tests before, and is weighing other uses for the technology, such as in inventory control and helping inspect planes and vehicles within hangars and warehouses.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

In 2015, the company's test drivers disengaged — a jargon term that means they had to take manual control of the vehicle because the software failed or for safety reasons — at a rate of 0.8 times per 1,000 miles in California.

But this is the first time Waymo is providing details about its business model, the technology inside the vehicle, and its timeline for testing on public roads.

For now, the pilot trips will be free, and every test vehicle will come equipped with a human supervisor in the front seat — ready to take control if there's a system malfunction.

Big name automakers and a certain electric car upstart are among the companies to be issued permits for testing autonomous vehicles in the state.

That Sunday evening, in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing autonomous vehicle technology, an Uber self - driving vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg.

BMW may get state aid worth 18.7 million euros to build a test center for self - driving and electric vehicles in the Czech Republic.

Chinese companies are taking note: nearly a fifth of the 42 companies approved for California's autonomous vehicle testing permit are Chinese.

Still, even in some vehicles with a symmetrical design for the front of the SUV, front overlap crash test results for the driver's side and passenger's side yielded different results.

The fatal accident involving an Uber's self - driving vehicle and a pedestrian in Tempe, AZ over a week ago has called for the suspension of its public testing.

Between September 1, 2015 and March 22, 2016: Levandowski accessed 347 files on his personal devices that included proprietary information about his work on Google's self - driving car project that included «confidential presentations regarding the self - driving car and its marketing and business plans; videos of features and test drives of the self - driving car; pictures of the self - driving car and multiple components; notes pertaining to plans for the self - driving car; diagrams of vehicle components marked confidential; system files; software files; and code regarding the self - driving car.»

The state allows for the driving and testing of autonomous vehicles on public roadways, but requires the operator to obtain a $ 150 permit to drive in the state.

These simulated urban environments will be from CARLA, an open - source simulator for autonomous vehicle testing developed by Intel Labs and the Computer Vision Center.

General Motors is being sued for allegedly rigging diesel engine versions of its Silverado and Sierra HD vehicles to pass emissions tests.

Among the documents the committee has published today (with some redactions) is the data - licensing contract between Global Science Research (GSR)-- the company set up by the Cambridge University professor, Aleksandr Kogan, whose personality test app was used by CA as the vehicle for gathering Facebook users» data — and SCL Elections (an affiliate of CA), dated June 4, 2014.

The federal government has voluntary guidelines for companies that want to test autonomous vehicles, leaving much of the regulation up to states.

«The minivan design also gives us an opportunity to test a larger vehicle that could be easier for passengers to enter and exit, particularly with features like hands - free sliding doors,» Google's team explained in a (rather dry) statement.

Ducey previously welcomed Uber and other autonomous vehicle companies to use Arizona as a place for testing under few, if any, regulations.

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By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters)- Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it is building a closed - course test facility in Michigan for its self - driving vehicle technology that will...

In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Winterkorn was one of six defendants charged in an alleged scheme where they knew VW vehicles did not meet U.S. emissions standards and used software to cheat the U.S. testing process.

The companies are pushing lawmakers to allow for experimental testing of drone delivery in sparsely populated areas and more research and development of delivery plans, according to Michael E. Drobac, a leader of Akin Gump's unmanned aerial vehicle lobbying practice, which represents Amazon.

Once customers find what they want, they are connected with an «express manager» who arranges for them to test drive or pick up their vehicle at a local certified dealership.

As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

As is required for Uber's autonomous test vehicles operating on public roads, the AV had a safety driver at the wheel.

Just recently, Otto, an Uber unit, was challenged by Waymo, Google's proprietary self - driving division that's also in the middle of testing autonomous vehicles, for allegedly stealing designs and blueprints for its self - driving technology.